₦airaland Forum

sonature1:
Just like Oseni Rufai, Seun Okin desperately wants a working country. Unfortunately, he knows there's a limit to which he can push it because he benefits from the largesse of (or has a soft spot for) the ruling party.

On the other hand, Oseni Rufai is young and extremely knowledgeable. Just like most young Nigerians, he sees the clear path to a new Nigeria through Peter Obi, who to a very large extent weighs much better than most Nigérian politicians on the integrity scale.

In summary, every human is a political animal. No human is totally partisan because politics is something that affects everyone, including those who don't seem to care about it.

aswani:
Interesting that India is not on the list, the PM has Indian ancestry. Very interesting.

samunaka:
Wao, this is a very timely project, I hope he will complete them before the tribunal finish sitting

Brendaniel:
Someone had completed 2 tenures of 5 years each in office and you still wanted to extend it, na only him dem make the office for.

Government of nepotism by nepotism and for nepotism - Another notherner loading for the same office

ASAPFERG:
https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2023/4/two-nigerian-men-arrested-in-india-for-allegedly-duping-50-people-by-posing-as-american-citizens-online-2.html

Spirit04:
Water can't power any engine. Stop fooling yourself

Ibrahim Dabo, the dean, Faculty of Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, Zaria, says the university is working to develop a made-in-Nigeria car that will use water.

The dean made this known on Saturday in Zaria while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on the commemoration of the 2023 World Engineering Day for sustainable development.

Mr Dabo, a professor, said there were several breakthroughs in ABU, including the recent development of an electric car and a shell eco-marathon car.

He added that the faculty was working on the development of a car that would be running with water.

“The shell eco-marathon car that was developed by the university had a capacity to cover over 100 kilometers with a litre of fuel,” he said.

According to him, the shell eco-marathon car has been taken to South Africa where it performed excellently, stressing that the university is working to improve on its fuel efficiency.

“The concept for the shell eco-marathon car was a small car that takes a maximum of two people for a racing competition, not for mass transit,” he said.

He added that the electric car that was developed is also a small car that takes a maximum of four people.

The dean however noted that the closure of Nigerian universities for 2023 general elections made the commemoration of the event low key at ABU.

He described the theme of the event, “Engineering innovations for more resilient world”, as topical, apt and timely.

Mr Dabo, therefore, called on the government to encourage outcome based education across tertiary institutions to boost and strengthen the quality and skills of engineers produced in Nigeria.

The professor also appealed for improved collaboration between the academia and industries.

He lamented that most of the industries around most of the institutions were closed, few functional ones import skills and essential raw materials, resulting into parallel position between the academia and industries.

NAN recalls that the World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development was proclaimed by UNESCO at its 40th General Conference in 2019.

The day is celebrated worldwide on March 4 of each year since 2020 as a UNESCO international day of celebration of engineers and engineering.

Kukutenla:
This is the dishonesty that's typical of you APC supporters. You were quick to call out the failure of the previous govt in the pwr sector but rush to defend the present govt when their failure is also highlighted.
Apart from the lies in your flimsy excuses, since you know the enormity of the task involved in pwr, why then do you blame some people for not improving on the distribution within a space of less than ten years? If govt is struggling to make impact in only one out of three stages of pwr, why do you blame private companies whose major means of finance is loans when the interest rates have been rising over the past eight years while the forex has crumbled?
It seems you lots are only interested in blame game and buck passing and not the development of the country.
What's in it for you is what I don't understand.

Kukutenla:
I agree with your last statement. But i also disagree with putting the blame there exclusively.
Another govt has spent eight years and did nothing in that regard need to be called out too.

Spicycat:
The problem has never been with DisCos but rather the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN which is own ny the government. Generation and distribution companies are at their best for now it's only TCN that lagging.

Blaze14k:
Always blaming one party or the other.. this is the reason y we cant grow as a nation and our politicians love it that way cos they can steal how ever they like and do very little. Oga think of how we can unit as a nation and rebuild this not this divide and rule tactics u guys have used since independence

DrMuzungu:
My friend and, possibly, a colleague, don't waste precious time preaching the truth. People don't want to hear the truth. What people want is convenient lies, that is all. For years I decide to waste some of my time and explain generating capacity, transmission capacity, how I live at a place where about 1 kW is generated per each citizen at ANY GIVEN MOMENT, and then compare it with Nigeria. I then explain how Nigeria would have to increase the generating capacity by 4o to 50 TIMES in order to achieve REAL 24/7 supply, and that assuming that all power plants are maintained and kept operational at full capacity.

In simple terms, that means that, for each power plant in existence today, Nigeria has to build over 40 new power plants. can Nigeria do it in our lifetime? I believe so. But that would only be possible if not a single kobo is embezzled until the job is done. And is THAT possible? I think we all know the answer. And then you get a polithiefcian who will promise the masses 24/7 supply of electricity, but only if HE gets elected.

uniquetechng:
Even when Femi made it clear that transmission is the major problem you still think distribution is ? FG is in charge of transmission and wasn't privatized by anybody, get your facts right .

ogododo:
To say that it is ‘appalling and disheartening’ that Nigeria’s power sector is yet to witness the needed improvement for greater impact on the people and the economy despite the huge amount of money sunk into it by successive governments is an understatement.

That, however, was how the Executive Chairman, Board of Directors, Geregu Power Plc, Mr Femi Otedola described the state of the power sector during the week.

Otedola who though, who acknowledged that the sector has its challenges, noted however that, they are surmountable problems. The major problem he pointed out, is transmission and everyone wonders as he did, why it has seemed impossible for successive governments to fix the issue of transmission.


Baring his mind on the sector while speaking at the “Closing Gong ceremony” and commemoration of the first Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the company on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) in Lagos, Otedola revealed the hard truth that if the power sector was well organised it would be cheaper and have a lot of positive impact on the manufacturing sector as well as the entire economy of the country.

“The power sector has a lot of problems but they’re surmountable problems. It’s a matter of leadership in the country and willpower. If power is well organised, it’s even cheaper.

“We will get there, it’s a matter of time.”

The business mogul queried why it’s difficult for the country to improve on the amount of power it generates when an individual like Aliko Dangote, has built 2000 megawatts for his plants. “Aliko, an individual has built 2000 megawatts of power for cement, fertilizer plants and refinery. And the country where I was born, has only 5000 megawatts. “So it’s appalling and disheartening that all the successive governments have failed in this regard but I believe we are now at the stage where the power sector will get a lot of attention and priority. We have new plants still sitting idle that the government built years ago and the real problem is transmission, there is a need to look in this direction,” he said.

He further said that Geregu was taking necessary steps to expand its capacity to deliver improved performance and maximise shareholders’ wealth, stressing that the challenges in the sector could be tackled if the government sets its priority right. For starters, he believes that the best way would be the engagement of investors in the sector.



“Any government that thinks well will look for entrepreneurs in this sector that have committed so much capital and time and let them sort out the problem.

“If the government then did not invite Aliko to build a cement factory and create an enabling environment, today we’ll still be importing cement.”

While celebrating Geregu’s achievements on its first anniversary as a listed company, Otedola emphasised that for any company to sustain its wealth, there was a need for it to be listed on the stock exchange.

“To sustain wealth, you need to list your company on the stock exchange”, he stated, adding, “We’ve come with a lot of firsts; the first power company to list on the Exchange, the first power company to embark on an aggressive 300 % expansion drive; the first company to release its results on the stock market.”

In a related development, Doron Grupper, a director of the power holding company, who is satisfied with the achievements of the power company so far, disclosed that Geregu boasts of professionals and good management to increase its capacity. “I’ve been with Geregu for years now since we started the power station. I think this power station according to my experience, works on natural gas. We have a great team of professionals, and good management to increase our capacity.


“We are producing today, 450 megawatts but we have the potential for the next two years to increase to 1300 megawatts. We have the money, and we have the people but we need the assistance of the government of Nigeria to solve some problems with the gas issues.

“We have a huge potential to increase and to contribute to Nigeria in the power sector and to increase the quantities and capacity of electricity to the people of Nigeria.”

Grupper who spoke to Arise, TV correspondent, on the sideline of the NGX event on Tuesday, stated that the gas challenges have to do with the price of gas which he noted, is still low so there’s a need to increase it. The challenges also have to do with the quantity of gas and, “the pressure of the pipeline; we need to increase it. These are the three main issues that the government need to take care of and to assist us to increase the capacity.”

“I hope that in the near future, we will come into a new era of electricity here in Nigeria,” he added.

On how much investments have been put in Geregu, he said, “When we bought the power station back in 2015 we produced 113 megawatts. We made a major overhaul to get to 450. Now, we are doing a major overhaul again…more than 250 million dollars altogether.”


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/04/nigeria-has-generated-only-5000-megawatts-since-i-was-born-femi-otedola-laments/

naptu2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKJSzLQu_7s



https://punchng.com/breaking-man-threatening-to-invite-ipob-to-lagos-arrested/


Previous thread https://www.nairaland.com/7635533/chief-fredrick-nwajagu-vows-invite

advanceDNA:
I dey try control my vawulence so i no go insult u back....when ur country can invest in basic drone tech and cctv accross the nation to help manage security issues... come back and mention me...

advanceDNA:
this country ehnnn!! They can lie

KingsCity:
Nothing like that

Where there is no president-elect, interim government is justified by the Doctrine of Necessity

The Constitution makes the president the Governor of the FCT and you cannot be installed as the Governor of a place if you have failed to win even 20% of the votes there.

Yakubu erred when he declared someone who failed to score 25% in FCT as President-elect, effectively therefore, there is no president-elect

festacman:
I did my NYSC in Safana Town in Katsina State. I love your line of argument but I disagree to an extent.

The fact is that those that benefit from Politicians influenced employment opportunities are never children of the poor. They belong to upper and middle class families and may be children of those who serve the Emirs in various capacities. They are rarely children of the majority poor.

Another fact is that the schools attended by children of the poor don't have required number of teachers, which means faulty educational foundation. Sometimes, when I think about those ever-happy young boys I taught in Safana R/B School, I often pray they would somehow navigate to success in life given the poor educational foundation they had. For them, taking advantage of the employment opportunities you mentioned is impossible.

I remember with fondness how I invested money, planted seasonal beans with some of these students and shared the harvest which I took home to Anambra State. It therefore makes me sad how agriculture and food processing are neglected by State Governments that should have used it to empower millions of young people.

Average Northern Nigerian youth I encountered as a corp member was too kind-hearted to engage in atrocities of the bandits. Something went wrong. I have read about the philosophy of Sar'duana of Sokoto and I dare say none of the current leaders are going near that.

Thanks for engaging in this intellectual argument. I got enlightened to an extent though.

yellowman2225:
Imagine what Kano has been doing for ages and someone coming in 2023 to chest beat.


Thank you bro for telling them.


Only the backward always believe they are the first to do what others have been doing for ages.

wanimo:
The land of the rising sun.

While they running a government of agberos and hatred in their region, igbos are gradually putting things together to become self sufficient in a few years time.

With this awareness on Nairaland, I can guarantee you that by the end of this year they would be running kidney transplants in that hospital on a weekly basis.

Medical tourism to Igbo land

nikky5:
I have been wondering what are the offences of the president elect that has made all kinds of human beings in Nigeria to hurl abuses at him. Currently, he is the most abused person in Nigeria today.

No nation abuses their presidents and public office holders in the world like Nigerians do.

Recently, Tinubu confessed that he no longer read the social media because of the way Nigerians abuses him. What has he done to warrant those derogatory insults like a thief, druggie etc. What did he steal and which court convicted him of stealing?

Some of these folks who abuse Tinubu come from regions where they have no respect for their elders. Many of them have never seen Tinubu nor had any interaction with him yet, they hurl abuses on someone's husband and father. Can they allow their fathers to be insulted this way?

Some go to the extent of accusing of stealing a mandate that belongs to another political gladiator without prove.

I strongly believe that someday Providence will vindicate Asiwaju. I have a good upbringing just like any omoluabi not to insult elders or accuse them falsely.

I believe that God will use Tinubu to change our narrative in this country. Then those abuses will have boomeranged effects.

SultanOfPuna:
Niger Delta are the biggest fools in Nigeria.
A state sitting on billions of oil
But is looking like Syria and Afghanistan
Now Dem don use and dump una

Oil money turn a dry desert to a mega city called Dubai
But look at Niger Delta looking like an apocalypse town from hell.
Is it not the same oil that made Dubai
Abi Niger Delta oil na counterfeit
Black man is cursed

festacman:
You need to remove the shackles of helplessness against your political leaders in that your Northern Nigeria because most of them including Pres. Buhari have houses in UK, train their children in their universities and go to their hospitals. To me that helplessness is much more 'mental inferiority" than speaking anyhow to a diplomat. Recently, Aisha Buhari threw a young Northerner into prison for speaking in FFK manner. How about that?

Islie:
Hate Speech: Trouble Looms For APC Chieftain, Fani-Kayode, As UK Considers Sanction



https://leadership.ng/hate-speech-trouble-looms-for-apc-chieftain-fani-kayode-as-uk-considers-sanction/

festacman:
Is Femi Fani Kayode working for Tinubu or against him? Why is acting like a b*tch on heat? APC and Tinubu should call this loudmouth to order immediately.

A diplomat of a strong ally of Nigeria made a complaint about your unnecessarily jaundiced opinion and you are reacting as though he slept with your wife. Yes, Nigeria is an independent nation but you can always communicate that like a mentally-balanced human being.

FFK should know that a president Tinubu needs UK more than he needs him. Statements by UK and their EU brothers that they can't work with Tinubu on account of his association with drugs would put Tinubu's presidency in legitimacy crisis. FFK should know that Tinubu, under little diplomatic pressure, can dump him like a smelly thrash in order to maintain a smooth relationship with UK.

Biodun556:
*2023 ELECTION: GOVERNORS' HIGHEST WINNING VOTES*

1 🟣Y Abba (Kano): 1,019,603
2 🔵D Radda (Katsina): 859,892
3 🔵B Sanwo-Olu (Lagos): 762,134
4 🔵Uba Sani (Kaduna): 730,002
5 🔵N Umar (Jigawa): 618,449
6 🔴S Makinde (Oyo): 563,756
7 🔵B Zulum (Borno): 544,542
8 🔴C Mutfwang (Plateau): 525,299
9 🔴M Bala (Bauchi): 525,280
10 🔵A Hyacinth (Benue): 473,933
11 🔵U Baggo (Niger): 469,896
12 🔵A Ahmed (Sokoto): 453,661
13 🔴D Lawal (Zamfara): 377,726
14 🔴O Sheriff (Delta): 360,234
15 🔴U Eno (A/Ibom): 354,357
16 🔵A Sule (Nasarawa): 347,209
17 🔵Y M'hod (Gombe): 342,831
18 🔵M Buni (Yobe): 317,113
19 🔴S Fubara (Rivers): 302,614
20 🔵D Abiodun (Ogun): 276,298
21 🔵A Abdulrahman (Kwara): 273,424
22 🔵B Otu (C/river): 258,619
23 🔴K Ogbu (Taraba): 257,926
24 🔵F Nwifuru (Ebonyi): 199,131
25 🟢A Otti (Abia): 175,466
26 🔴P MBAH (Enugu): 160,895

Kebbi & Adamawa - Inconclusive

🔵APC — 15
🔴PDP — 9
🟢LP — 1
🟣NNPP — 1
---

*2023 ELECTION: GOVERNORS' MARGIN OF VICTORY*

Vote Difference:
1 Enugu: 3,343
2 Kaduna: 10,806
3 Ogun: 13,915
4 Plateau: 43,899
5 Sokoto: 49,029
6 Taraba: 55,649
7 Nasarawa: 64,193
8 Zamfara: 65,750
9 C/river: 78,983
10 Niger: 82,420
11 Abia: 86,940
12 Bauchi: 93,008
13 Gombe: 109,700
14 Kwara: 117,934
15 Ebonyi: 118,940
16 Delta: 120,005
17 Kano: 128,898
18 Rivers: 207,340
19 Yobe: 212,854
20 A/Ibom: 224,755
21 Jigawa: 249,723
22 Benue: 250,020
23 Oyo: 307,071
24 Katsina: 373,272
25 Lagos: 449,805
26 Borno: 463,395

#StatiSense

Akwamkpuruamu:
Dear Uzor Kalu,

South East is not yet ripe for the office of the senate president let's keep building bridges and flyovers by 2040 we might be ripe for office of the senate president, The bridge will be long enough.

We must not allow our emotions to get the better part of us, Besides nobody should use religion to contest for office of senate president Nothing is wrong with muslim senate president , Religion shouldn't be a factor in choosing the leader of the senate .

History beckons make we no sit on fence abeg , A muslim senate president from the North will pave way for an Igbo senate president in the next 8 years.